Definitions

Question 1

Activities of Daily Living

Answer 1

Daily self-care activities. used to assess the functionality of an individual, esp. elderly

Question 2

Birth rate

Answer 2

Number of Live births per population per year

Question 3

Clinical Audit

Answer 3

An improvement on a clinical process. Uses systematic review against specific criteria and implements a change.

Question 4

Clinical effectiveness

Answer 4

Degree to which an organisation ensures ‘best practice’ is being followed

Question 5

Coping

Answer 5

the process of managing stress

Question 6

Critical appraisal

Answer 6

Carefully and systematically judging research on its trustworthiness, value and relevance

Question 7

Death rate

Answer 7

Number of deaths in a given population over a given time scale

Question 8

Disease

Answer 8

A psychological or physiological dysfunction

Question 9

Disease prevention

Answer 9

Measures taken to prevent disease rather than the cure or treatment of them .

Question 10

Ethnicity

Answer 10

Cultural; Beliefs and outlooks that distinguish a group of people. may inculde a common language, beliefs or traditions

Question 11

Illness

Answer 11

An individuals perceptional notion of disease

Question 12

Infant Mortality Rate

Answer 12

Number of deaths of <1 year olds in one year with the birth rate as a denominator

Question 13

Perinatal Mortality rate

Answer 13

All still births and deaths within 1st week wth he birth rate (still and live) used as a denominator

Question 14

Prevalence

Answer 14

Total number of cases of a disease in a population at any one time

Question 15

Quality of Life

Answer 15

General well-being of individuals and societies. Refers to physical, mental, societal and emotional functioning

Question 16

Race

Answer 16

Group of people linked by biological or genetic factors

Question 17

Risk

Answer 17

The likelihood of harm occurring

Question 18

Self-efficacy

Answer 18

A person’s belief in their ability to succeed/manage a particular situation

Question 19

Sex

Answer 19

Biological characteristics of an individual

Question 20

Social Class

Answer 20

A form of social Stratification

1 - professionals
2 - managerial and technical 
3 - Skilled non-manual
4 - Skilled manual 
5 - partly skilled manual 
6 - Unskilled

Question 21

Stress

Answer 21

The bodies response to the demands placed upon it

Question 22

Sick Role

Answer 22

Temporarily, medically sanctioned social role of being sick (excused from normal responsibilities)